Results 1,301-1,320 of 3,729 for speaker:Martin Heydon

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax on a pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has increased in the past couple of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12424/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Startup Funding (8 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options that are open to persons that are seeking seed capital for start up businesses; if plans are in place for further schemes to be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12432/17]

Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs created in 2016 and maintained to date in County Kildare under the Geoscience Ireland-Enterprise Ireland business cluster initiative; his plans for this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13927/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the implementation of the national broadband plan in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (22 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a review process concerning a submission by Kildare County Council in relation to the southern distributor route Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (22 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of applications received for the 2017 sports capital programme; the process that will now take place to assess these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work of the IDA in marketing County Kildare as a jobs location in the past five years; the number of site visits that have taken place in that time and other initiatives that have taken place to contribute to highlighting County Kildare as a destination for new businesses; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are open to charitable organisations that are suffering significant VAT charges and are not in a position to recover this VAT due to their charitable status (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work being undertaken in his Department to consider the inclusion of Polish into the secondary school syllabus from junior cycle upwards, in view of the increase in Polish speaking citizens living here and the growing importance of the language here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14753/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the inclusion of conditions (details supplied) onto the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions between her Department and the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board on the appointment of a dedicated youth office for County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the criteria required for a primary medical certificate to include those with degenerative illnesses, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement for a Youthreach resource person to be a member of the Teaching Council for employment within a Youthreach centre or a centre of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15114/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (29 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies who have had to stay in neonatal intensive care units in each of the past three years; the average length of stay for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (5 Apr 2017)

Martin Heydon: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which is fighting to retain supports, including a home school liaison staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Apr 2017)

Martin Heydon: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed building extensions at secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16702/17]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Heydon: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this after four months as a member of the committee. During the debate I used my telephone to google the definition of the word "spin" because I was struck by some of the earlier contributions. It is defined as a heavily biased portrayal of an event or situation. There has been much spin in the Chamber tonight, as one probably would...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Heydon: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been a change to the charging of commercial rates on utility companies in recent years; the impact this change had on them; the reason for the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Heydon: 224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact the introduction of a new online passport processing facility will have on processing times for all passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Heydon: 251. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available for large organisations holding festivals that attract both national and international visitors such as one in County Kildare (details supplied); the body to which they should apply for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18573/17]